Domee Shi, an Academy Award-winning director and artist, has been selected to receive the 2023 Richard Brettell Award in the Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to that, she was a story artist on several Pixar feature films, including “The Good Dinosaur,” “Toy Story 4,” and “Incredibles 2.”The Brettell Award was established in 2016 with a gift from Margaret McDermott. It was inspired by and named for the late Dr. Richard Brettell, the founding director of UT Dallas’ Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History. Shi said she is grateful to receive the 2023 Brettell Award and looks forward to talking with UT Dallas students. “It’s a huge honor.”Past Brettell Award Recipients The Richard Brettell Award in the Arts, first presented in 2017, is given biennially.